http://www.viewpoints.com/Storage Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:05:31 GMT Reviews about Storage http://www.viewpoints.com/Lite-On-DVD-RW-Dual-Layer-Burner-with-Light-Scribe-review-98376 I purchased my Lite On Dvd Writer at Walmart for a fairly reasonable price. It has been about 3 years since this purchase so of course there are faster writers on the market today. However, I have had nothing but the best service from this writer. — It is dual layer compatable which is a huge plus. The blank, dual sided, discs are rather pricey still but it's worth it as you can burn twice the amount of data on one disc. — Recently I had a small problem with a disc I was using. It was sent to me in the mail with a product I purchased over eBay. It came damaged, with a small crack at the outer edge of the disc. I was very cautious about trying to use it at all but the disc contained the drivers for the hardware that I purchase. I gave it a shot and to my surprise the Lite On Dvd Writer was actually able to read the disc. — However, I soon had a larger problem. While playing back the disc I hear a loud bang inside my tower and I thought for sure I had blown a... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:05:31 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Lite-On-DVD-RW-Dual-Layer-Burner-with-Light-Scribe-review-98376 frankob23 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/SanDisk-2GB-Cruzer-Micro-U3-USB-2-0-Flash-Drive-review-33d35 The cruzer is a wonderful product!  I take this thing everywhere I go.  The retractable connector is a great plus (no more lost caps).  I have never had any issues out of it.  The ability to password protect this little jewel is another great plus.  Overall great... Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:43:15 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/SanDisk-2GB-Cruzer-Micro-U3-USB-2-0-Flash-Drive-review-33d35 cntaurie 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Office-Depot-CD-R-Spindle-700mb-80min-50-pk-Model-678120-Media--152868-review-10a83 I submit my art to local galleries when they have open calls.  Most galleries ask that the art be submitted on CD.  Quality CDs are important for this purpose.  While browsing Office Depot with the intentions of purchasing my usual brand of CD-Rs, I came across a sale on Office Depot brand CD-Rs.  I usually buy name brands when purchasing CDs because I need good quality to submit to art galleries.  — At just under $10 for a 100 pack, it seemed inexpensive enough to try them so I purchased it.  Thinking if I couldn't use them for my submissions to the galleries I would be able to use them to back up my written documents.  No huge money loss. I was a bit sketical about the quality of Office Depot's brand CDs at the time I purchased them.  I put some of my art on the Office Depot CD and found the quality was very good.  I can use them to submit my art to galleries and I am... Tue, 27 May 2008 16:50:29 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Office-Depot-CD-R-Spindle-700mb-80min-50-pk-Model-678120-Media--152868-review-10a83 mqmystic 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/Western-Digital-WD2500BEVS-250GB-SATA-Laptop-drive-review-dc262 I Traditionally, desktop drives (3.5-inch) have always been the ones to have larger capacities over notebook drives (2.5-inch) due to the physical size. That changed just a few months ago with the introduction of the Western Digital WD2500BEVS 250GB SATA Laptop drive . — Running at 5400RPM, it isn't the fastest (compared to a 7200RPM), but certainly the largest we've seen to date. The 250GB Scorpio is a SATA 1.5Gbps interface drive and has an 8MB cache. Western Digital offers a 3-year warranty on this drive (and on all Scorpio drives). —... Sun, 25 May 2008 07:25:52 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Western-Digital-WD2500BEVS-250GB-SATA-Laptop-drive-review-dc262 Incharge 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Taiyo-Yuden-8X-4-7GB-Silver-Inkjet-DVD-R-100-Pak-Cakebox-DVD-R47SPY100SB-8x-Spindle-600-Pack-review-40071 Taiyo Yuden's thee numero uno! Virtually no coasters, smooth burn, excellent playback! But be sure to get real/authentic Taiyo, there are fakes out there. Download the free DVD Identifier and/or VSO Inspector. Disc Media ID should be TYG02 or the like. And if you don't have a hi-tech writer, I recommend 8x discs which will burn a little slower, but much smoother. I buy the 100 pack silver thermal since I don't have a disc printer. I use full-faced labels which work great for me.... Mon, 19 May 2008 22:45:16 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Taiyo-Yuden-8X-4-7GB-Silver-Inkjet-DVD-R-100-Pak-Cakebox-DVD-R47SPY100SB-8x-Spindle-600-Pack-review-40071 LaBella9 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Verbatim-95102-16x-DVD-R-Spindle-100-Pack-review-00cb2 I've tried lots of blank media & learned the hard way. Now I only use 2 brands. Verbatim, esp.Verbatim DataLifePlus is the 2nd best on the market. But be sure to buy authentics--manufactured by Mitibishi Chemical Corp. Media ID:MCC...., number may vary. Download the free DVD Identifier which will confirm this & find a store/online store which sells only authentics. With good software, a good dvd writer, &  authentic Verbatim DVD-R's all your home movies will play, sound, & look... Mon, 19 May 2008 22:18:06 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Verbatim-95102-16x-DVD-R-Spindle-100-Pack-review-00cb2 LaBella9 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Pro-USB-Hard-Drive-review-6aa63 I like the drive.  Just make sure to keep the pamphlet that came with it.  Or as they call it the manual.  It has a little serial number for the software that is on the drive itself. Works pretty much like any other USB hard drive so Plug it in and go. Nothing too surprising.  The thing is pretty nice the colors are good and it seems to be a pretty quite piece of hardware. —... Mon, 05 May 2008 00:13:54 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Pro-USB-Hard-Drive-review-6aa63 thisnthat 3 http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Desktop-500-GB-USB-External-Hard-Drive-review-da9f5 Well, since I bought this external drive back during the summer of 2007, I have had no problems whatsoever and have also found that the quality of the drive is nothing to be looked down on. I have my computer and external drive running about 18-24 hours a day 7 days a week and have not noticed any problems or changes in the external drives run time, transfer speeds, or failure.  The unit remains completely cool even after running for these long periods of time.  This is a definite must have for backing up data and... Sat, 03 May 2008 12:55:42 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Desktop-500-GB-USB-External-Hard-Drive-review-da9f5 bullethiro 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-NearLine-35-400-GB-SATA-Hard-Drive-review-8efb0 Hard drive wasfairly easy to install. I had to make one change in BIOS to get it to detect. Overall I'd say I am pleased with the performance. It is rather quiet, though speeds for seek time could be a little faster. I had trouble getting in to boot in RAID 0. This was a problem with every hard drive I tried it with. My guess is it only will work in a RAID configuration with 2 of the exact same drives. ... Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:48:33 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-NearLine-35-400-GB-SATA-Hard-Drive-review-8efb0 conjunctivee 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/Sterilite-7-Drawer-Craft-Cart-review-d80e4 For years I stored all my scrapbooking materials in 4 big bulky storage boxes.  This was mostly so I could shove them under my bed since I still lived with my parents and didn't have a spare room to leave it in.  Ever since I got married I've been thinking of buying something new to organize my craft supplies, and it was just last weekend that I happened across the Sterilite 7-Drawer Craft Cart at Target.  I've bought other Sterilite organizers before and knew they were good quality, so I was excited to buy this one even with the $30 price tag. It Rolls — It's called a cart because it rolls!  That means once you fill it up with all your crafts, you can easily roll it around to the room you feel like working in.  It is difficult to roll on thick carpet, but on flat carpet or hardwood floors it is a breeze.  — It has 7-Drawers — The 7 drawers are all 12" x 12" which any scrapbooker knows is great because most scrapbooks are... Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:57:21 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Sterilite-7-Drawer-Craft-Cart-review-d80e4 vivasuzi 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Desktop-500-GB-USB-External-Hard-Drive-review-562d5 The backup software, Free Agent, that comes with this drive is below 21st century standards. It cannot see either "Documents and Settings" or "Program Files". What gives? Yes it can see "My Documents", but that's it. What, I don't have data from Quicken, Money, or other software? Do I ONLY have data in the root of "C:" or "My Documents". —  Their tech support site also leaves much to be desired. Old style forums that Seagate doesn't even seem to monitor. — Bottom line - If you want a  backup solution, buy something else! —... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:04:23 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Desktop-500-GB-USB-External-Hard-Drive-review-562d5 jaxjohnny 1 http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Desktop-500-GB-USB-External-Hard-Drive-review-8f372 Bottom-Line: If you want a small footprint, high capacity, affordable external hard drive from a name you can trust, look no further than the Seagate FreeAgent 500GB HHD.        Can one ever have enough storage space?  I say no, one can always find a use for space and with the prices for hard drive the only thing that seems to be dropping these days, it's easy to grab an affordable external hard drive for not a lot of green.  Such is the case with the Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 500GB Hard Drive.  With an average (on-line and off-line) street price of $120.00, this brown beauty is a bargain waiting to found.         The Drive — I have a love, love relationship with Seagate hard drives.  They are comparable in price the trouble-prone Western Digital drives, but my experience has shown that they (Seagate HHD's) represent a far more reliable alternative.  And... Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:25:30 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Desktop-500-GB-USB-External-Hard-Drive-review-8f372 TheBard 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/PNY-Attache-USB-1-1-Flash-Drive-review-27413 I bought the 1GB flash in October and it stopped working 5 months later.  It wouldn't read on certain computers, or it would only read if I jiggled it.  It completely stopped working a few days later and I lost all of my data on it.  The company would not help me because I did not save the original packaging.  Very unreliable piece of... Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:43:28 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/PNY-Attache-USB-1-1-Flash-Drive-review-27413 polarischica 1 http://www.viewpoints.com/Western-Digital-My-Book-Home-Edition-1-TB-WDH1CS10000N-Hard-Drive-review-09e22 my husband finaly talked me into buying this external hard drive. it is the best move we ever made we keep our movies and music on the device and it keeps our computer space free and clear to do many other things on the computer without being slow. i would recomend this product because it frees up so much space for all the big files and allows you to do so much more on the computer. i just should have purchased it sooner... Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:50:19 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Western-Digital-My-Book-Home-Edition-1-TB-WDH1CS10000N-Hard-Drive-review-09e22 myv8pony1 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Samsung-SH-203-CD-DVD-Burner-review-61822 I've bought 3 of these Samsung DVD Burnres for 3 different computers. — SATA connection means it'slightning fast, and highly dependable. — LightScribe disc labeling for that professional touch. — At only $31 from newegg.com, you can'tgo wrong! —... Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:43:03 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Samsung-SH-203-CD-DVD-Burner-review-61822 whitedragon33 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Verbatim-Store-n-Go-4-Gig-USB-Drive-review-b7b01 I think I hit the jackpot today while doing a few shopping duties as I came across a homerun at Sam's Club today. With my picture and review files growing bigger I decided to get a USB Drive to hold them all instead of using up my hard drive space on my laptop. Sitting before me was this bright red USB Drive with a 4 gig capacity for the low price of $33 so I grabbed it. — — Verbatim USB 2.0 4 gig Drive — — Usually I get good deals at Sam's but this time I bought before I researched, yeah I know bad idea. This time however I made out good so I will save anybody from smacking me for doing it backwards. I looked online and found prices anywhere from $55 to $76 for this bright red storage drive so I am smiling now. Office supply was one of the higher priced places I found — — This comes with a very nice feature that I have not seen on any other removable memory sticks. It has a Password Protection program built right into it. I... Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:55:04 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Verbatim-Store-n-Go-4-Gig-USB-Drive-review-b7b01 kid-kansas 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/Mozy-review-2fef2 Mozy does off-site backup.  Once you download the program, you can set it up to automatically backup your files, and just forget about it and let it go.  I already love it, it's so simple.  I don't have to do anything - just see the little box every time it backups - which I have set up to do every 24 hours, but you can set up for whenever.  Today, I just found out that I had messed up one of my main documents which I use daily - saving a very shortened version of it.  I thought of Mozy, and went to the restore files part, clicked on a date a few days ago, chose that document and approximately 4 seconds later - voila! the document back the way I like... Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:07:31 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Mozy-review-2fef2 muhumaa 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Desktop-500-GB-USB-External-Hard-Drive-review-b0152 I have recommended these professionally to numerous customers of mine.  Prior to Seagate the best warranty was a year.  They build a very reliable product so you may never need to use the warranty. — — At these prices I can purchase another for redundancy.  Most people don't have a redundant disk in the first place on their computer, this would become their redundant disk. — — One a gamer note: these can be plugged right into a PS3 for Plug and Play upgrade. —... Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:41:42 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Seagate-FreeAgent-Desktop-500-GB-USB-External-Hard-Drive-review-b0152 scottmage 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Imation-DVD-R-100-Pack-review-d0b02 There are two types of blank DVD's you can use one being +R and the other -R. Don't ask me the difference but I know there is one as my DVD player doesn't like -R discs. I buy them by the pack and the best buy is the 100 pack of Imation DVD's. — — Imation DVD +R Discs — — I make my own home movies from my video camera and then transfer them to DVD. I also back up my computer files such as music, video and programs as well. My choice of DVD's is Imation as I can get a 100 pack for less than $30, thats 30 cents a disc and I like that price a lot. In 2 years I have had very few bad discs and would say on average I get 2 or 3 per 100 and those are good odds. — — Each disc will hold 4.78 Gigs of information, translated to video thats right at 2 hours. These are one time use discs which means once you burn it you cannot add or edit what you put on them. Which is fine by me as I always double and triple check before I burn. For DVD's I... Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:15:45 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Imation-DVD-R-100-Pack-review-d0b02 kid-kansas 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/ElephantDrive-Online-Storage-and-Backup-review-31045     ElephantDrive is a great product! With it I can store all my files, pictures, and music online and not on my computer. I don't have to worry about an external drive which could easily get ruined just like my computer can. In the case of a disaster, where my computer and the external both got destroyed I could still get all my information back because it is stored in the cloud. — —     Another great thing about this service is the amount of space they offer. I use there Home Edition account which provides me with unlimted storage, and when they say unlimited they truly mean unlimited. They also offer accounts for business as well. I first started using the product by trying their free Open Edition account. This gave me 1GB of space to use. It was very easy, but not enough space so I upgraded to their Home Edition. Now I have more space then I could ever use and at a great price. Only 9.95/month for unlimited space. I researched other... Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:36:25 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/ElephantDrive-Online-Storage-and-Backup-review-31045 kikab4 5